Bracket for supporting curtain holding bars



Feb. 10, I953 E. c. RHODES 2,628,053

BRACKET FOR" SUPPORTING CURTAIN HOLDING BARS Filed Oct. 10, 1949 lllInventor 1 1 Early C. Rhodes By 2mm".

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Application October 10, 1949, Serial No. 120,477

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in canopy supportsand the primary object of the present invention is to provide a bracketfor receiving the curtain holding bars of canopies.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide acombined corner brace and rod support for a bed canopy.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a corner bracketfor bed canopies that is quickly and readily applied to or removed froma canopy and which includes channels for receiving the ends of curtainholding rods so that the rods may be detached from the bracket tofacilitate cleaning or repairing of the curtain on the rods in aconvenient manner.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a bracket ofthe aforementioned character that is simple and practical inconstruction, strong and reliable in use, neat and attractive inappearance, small and compact in structure, relatively inexpensive tomanufacture, and otherwise well adopted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bed canopy and showingthe present invention in use;

Figure 2 is a top plan View showing the present bracket joining a pairof canopy rails and with dotted lines showing a pair of curtain hold ingbars applied to the bracket;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the instant corner bracket; and,

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of sectionline G4 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

wherein for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferredembodiment of the present invention, the numeral I represents thebracket or angle member generally, including an upper horizontal flangethat is composed of fiat sections l2 and I4.

Vertical flanges I 6 and I8 depend from the sections l2, l4 and thelower ends of the flanges l3, it are turned upwardly to form loops 2!!and 22 that co-operate with the flanges I3, 1 8 to pro vide channels 24and 25. Combined stops and strengthening plates 28 and 33 secure theloops 28 and 22 to the vertical flanges l6 and l8.

In practical use of the present invention a group of the brackets areemployed, there being a bracket at each corner of the canopy 32 and moreparticularly at the abutting ends of canopy 32 and more particularly atthe abutting ends of canopy rails 34 and 36 so that the section l2 restsupon the rail 34 and the section l4 rests upon the rail 36. The flangesl3 and i8 bear against the outer vertical edges of the rails 34 and 36respectively.

The sections [2 and M are provided with apertures 38 and 40 that receivefasteners 42 whereby the brackets are removably secured to the canopy32.

The ends of curtain holding rods or bars at and 46 are received in thechannels 24 and with the extremities of the rods 44 and disposedrelatively close to the plates 28 and 30' to limit longitudinal movementof the rods relative to the bracket.

The inner edges of the sections [2 and M are curved to form asubstantially V-shaped notch or seat 48 that receives one end 53 of anornament or upright 52, and the end 50 is secured to the abutting endsof the rails 34 and 36.

In addition to the function of the present brackets as a support for thecurtain holding rods, the same also reinforces and braces the railsforming the canopy 32.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even through there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A bracket for supporting the curtain holding rods of canopies, said.-bracket comprising a fiat substantially V-shape'd horizontal base plate,a pair of fiat bendable vertical walls integrally formed with anddepending from said base plate and disposed perpendicular to each other,said walls including inner abutting vertical edges, an upwardly facinghorizfental channel member integrally formed with the lower end of eachof the walls, each channel member including an inner wall and an outerwall, said inner walls 3 abutting, and a combined stop and strengtheningplate secured to and joining the inner and outer walls of each channelmember at the adjacent ends of said channel members.

2. A bracket for supporting the curtain holding rods of canopies, saidbracket comprising a base plate having first and second dependingvertical sections disposed perpendicular to each other, a channel memberdepending from each of said sections and disposed perpendicular to eachother, said channel members each having a pair of spaced leg portions,and a combined stop and reinforcing plate secured to and joining the legportions of each of said channel members at the adjacent ends of saidchannel members.

EARLY C. RHODES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 390,387 Merrell Oct. 2, 1888726,970 McCarty May 5, 1903 939,005 Goedeke Nov. 2, 1909 10 1,380,518Billig June 1', 1921 1,525,895 Sherwood Feb. 10, 1925 1,948,734Rosenberg Feb. 27, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS 15 Number Country Date 151,177Great Britain Sept. 23, 1920

